Recover an average of 5 extra billable hours per project by catching overruns 2 weeks early.
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Track budget vs. actual hours for every active engagement in Clockify. When any project reaches 80% of its budgeted hours, Make fires a Slack message to the project lead with the project name, client, hours used, and hours remaining. Fix scope creep before you are already over budget.
~2 hrs
Saved / Week
Easy to set up
Setup Complexity
No AI involved
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Step 1: In Clockify, set a budget (in hours) for each active project.
Step 2: Connect Clockify to Make — create a scenario that checks each project's hours logged vs. budget every morning.
Step 3: Add a filter to fire only when logged hours cross 80% of the project budget.
Step 4: Route the alert to Slack — post to the project lead's DM or a shared ops channel with project name, client, hours used, and hours left.
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